Posts tagged: #Tar Sands

The #RISENY Climate March is This Week, Join the Movement!; Support the NDRC as they Fight for our Environment!; Help the Hudson River Stay Healthy and Natural!

The time is now! The #RISENY Climate Change March is this week! Join this movement and take a stand against climate change with thousands of other New Yorker’s this Thursday, September 6th at 5:30pm in Battery Park. If you haven’t … Read More

Keep Soil in Organics; Protect Natural Ecosystems; Fight the Keystone XL; Demand Investigation of Monsanto

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Keep the Soil in Organics Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Congressman Peter Welch, have called for a moratorium on new hydroponic organic certification.  A letter signed by 45 organizations representing over two million members also called for a … Read More

In the News: New Study Shows Toxic Pesticide Found in Mothers’ Breast Milk, Oil Consultant Turned Whistleblower Exposes Fracking Crimes in Alberta, Procter & Gamble Agrees to Clean Up Its Palm Oil Act

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New Study Shows Toxic Pesticide Found in Mothers’ Breast Milk A?new pilot study has shown that the toxic herbicide, glyphosate, was found in the breast milk of American women. This finding contradicts industry claims that glyphosate does not accumulate in … Read More

Take Action: Tar Sands Oil Tied to High Carcinogen Levels, Sick Days for Food Service Workers, Shell No!

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Oil Sands Industry in Canada Tied to Higher Carcinogen Level Canadian researchers reported in a study that the development of Alberta’s oil sands has increased levels of cancer-causing compounds in surrounding lakes well beyond natural levels.  For the study, financed … Read More